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Mary Barnard - Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain - 9781442645127 - V9781442645127
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Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain

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Description for Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain Hardback. These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish literature, including clothing, paintings, tapestries, playing cards, monuments, materials of war, and even enchanted bronze heads. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.

Collecting and displaying finely crafted objects was a mark of character among the royals and aristocrats in Early Modern Spain: it ranked with extravagant hospitality as a sign of nobility and with virtue as a token of princely power. Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain explores how the writers of the period shared the same impulse to collect, arrange, and display objects, though in imagined settings, as literary artefacts.

These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish literature, including clothing, paintings, tapestries, playing cards, monuments, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Toronto Iberic
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442645127
SKU
V9781442645127
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About Mary Barnard
Mary E. Barnard is an associate professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University. Frederick A. de Armas is Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago..

Reviews for Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain
‘A number of essays are eminently legible, providing for exemplary and informative readings for advanced undergraduate students; other essays will appeal to graduate students and specialists alike.’
Sanda Munjic
Hispanic Review vol 83:03:2015
‘There are other books on the topic of material culture in the Spanish Golden Age, but this one adds to them the triptych representation ... Read more

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